(This is the legacy documentation for stable SDL2, the current stable version; SDL3 is the current development version.)

SDL_GetScancodeFromKey

Get the scancode corresponding to the given key code according to the current keyboard layout.

Header File

Defined in SDL_keyboard.h

Syntax

SDL_Scancode SDL_GetScancodeFromKey(SDL_Keycode key);

Function Parameters

key the desired SDL_Keycode to query

Return Value

Returns the SDL_Scancode that corresponds to the given SDL_Keycode.

Remarks

See SDL_Scancode for details.

Version

This function is available since SDL 2.0.0.

See Also

CategoryAPI, CategoryAPIFunction, CategoryKeyboard